Amdocs
Mainframe DB2/IMS DBA
Amdocs, Alpharetta, Georgia, United States, 30239
Job ID:
193740Required Travel
:No TravelManagerial - NoLocation: USA-GA, Alpharetta, Rainwater Dr (AM)
Who are we?
Amdocs helps those who build the future to make it amazing. With our market-leading portfolio of software products and services, we unlock our customers' innovative potential, empowering them to provide next-generation communication and media experiences for both the individual end user and enterprise customers. Our approximately 30,000 employees around the globe are here to accelerate service providers' migration to the cloud, enable them to differentiate in the 5G era, and digitalize and automate their operations. Listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Amdocs had revenue of $4.89 billion in fiscal 2023.
In one sentence
The DB specialist have the ultimate responsibility of physical and applicative database administration activities supporting end2end life cycle of product from database perspective
What will your job look like?• Must be a production support DBA with good in problem solving & analytical Skills, with hands on experience in following:IMS DBA experience:• You will provide database supreme level problem solving services to all stakeholders during project lifecycle (from Development till post production) by clarifying and addressing permanent and efficient solutions to complex and unusual problems• You will provide DB professional guidance and coaching to project management and development teams, implementation groups as well as customer architects - internal and external Amdocs customers, including stakeholders without database understanding.• You will design, develop, configure and administer large and critical database systems ensuring high performance and improve highly complex code where conventional approaches do not help• You will lead and define tuning database parameters (physical layout and memory buffers) and promote the standardization per product cross customers world wide• You will design strategy for DB working processes (e.g. backup & recovery) during project life cycle and translate and guide until implementation; you will lead and build team knowledge capabilities and versatility and personal skills variety• You will serve as Authority in Amdocs by advanced degree of competence, technology guru demonstrating extreme dexterity and knowledge as the result of rich experience and high aptitudes in DB areas, defining DB vision and strategy in the organization, serve as ultimate level of technical escalations for critical showstopper incidents in Productions customers systems with direct business impact.• You will be a consistent professional (you are the bridge builder, you set the example for others in to follow as it relates to communication, managing expectations, and building/growing partnerships).
All you need is...• IMS DB support experience with version 13 onwards.• DB Objects - Experience in creating and modifying DBD, PSB, ACB, FMT.• Experience with administration of IMS Full Function, HALDB, Fastpath databases.• Good knowledge on DBRC, Restore, Reorg, Load IMS DB.• Experience in database initialization, forward recovery & building secondary index and pointer checker, checkpoint restart, Fast path, DEDB etc.• Strong Knowledge of Troubleshooting skills on IMS administration.• Usage of IMS utilities (including IBM, BMC)• Working Knowledge of RACF as it relates to IMS.• Working Knowledge of IMS exit points and routines• z/OS - TSO, ISPF, JCL• Tools - FileManager, ADBUS• Basic knowledge on VSAM,CICS, IMS DCDB2 DBA on Mainframe(Z/OS):• DB Objects - Experience in creating and modifying DB2 objects - Database, Storage Group, Tablespace, Tables, Views, Indexes, etc.• Experience with DB2 commands: - Stop/Start Databases, Display command, Cancel thread and Term & Display utility, others.• Hands on experience on DB2 utilities: Reorg and Runstat, Backup and Recovery of Table spaces (copy & recover), Repair, Load/Unload utilities.• Ability to bind/rebind the Plans/Packages and Granting required accesses to • Packages/Plans/Collections.• Experience in Database Monitoring.• Experience in Database replication - IBM DB2 Data Propagator• DB2 administration - Strong Troubleshooting skills• DB2 privileges and RACF• z/OS - TSO, ISPF, JCL.• Tools - DB2 Admin tool, QMF, FileManager, Changeman, ESP.Candidate should have:• Good communication skills• Provide 24X7 on call support on rotational basis.
Why you will love this job:• You will have the opportunity to work in a growing organization, with ever growing opportunities for personal growth and one of the highest scores of employee engagement in Amdocs.• You will be able to use your specific insights into variety of projects to overcome technical challenge while continuing to deepen your area of knowledge.• You will have the opportunity to work in multinational environment for the global market leader in its field.
Amdocs is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce
193740Required Travel
:No TravelManagerial - NoLocation: USA-GA, Alpharetta, Rainwater Dr (AM)
Who are we?
Amdocs helps those who build the future to make it amazing. With our market-leading portfolio of software products and services, we unlock our customers' innovative potential, empowering them to provide next-generation communication and media experiences for both the individual end user and enterprise customers. Our approximately 30,000 employees around the globe are here to accelerate service providers' migration to the cloud, enable them to differentiate in the 5G era, and digitalize and automate their operations. Listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Amdocs had revenue of $4.89 billion in fiscal 2023.
In one sentence
The DB specialist have the ultimate responsibility of physical and applicative database administration activities supporting end2end life cycle of product from database perspective
What will your job look like?• Must be a production support DBA with good in problem solving & analytical Skills, with hands on experience in following:IMS DBA experience:• You will provide database supreme level problem solving services to all stakeholders during project lifecycle (from Development till post production) by clarifying and addressing permanent and efficient solutions to complex and unusual problems• You will provide DB professional guidance and coaching to project management and development teams, implementation groups as well as customer architects - internal and external Amdocs customers, including stakeholders without database understanding.• You will design, develop, configure and administer large and critical database systems ensuring high performance and improve highly complex code where conventional approaches do not help• You will lead and define tuning database parameters (physical layout and memory buffers) and promote the standardization per product cross customers world wide• You will design strategy for DB working processes (e.g. backup & recovery) during project life cycle and translate and guide until implementation; you will lead and build team knowledge capabilities and versatility and personal skills variety• You will serve as Authority in Amdocs by advanced degree of competence, technology guru demonstrating extreme dexterity and knowledge as the result of rich experience and high aptitudes in DB areas, defining DB vision and strategy in the organization, serve as ultimate level of technical escalations for critical showstopper incidents in Productions customers systems with direct business impact.• You will be a consistent professional (you are the bridge builder, you set the example for others in to follow as it relates to communication, managing expectations, and building/growing partnerships).
All you need is...• IMS DB support experience with version 13 onwards.• DB Objects - Experience in creating and modifying DBD, PSB, ACB, FMT.• Experience with administration of IMS Full Function, HALDB, Fastpath databases.• Good knowledge on DBRC, Restore, Reorg, Load IMS DB.• Experience in database initialization, forward recovery & building secondary index and pointer checker, checkpoint restart, Fast path, DEDB etc.• Strong Knowledge of Troubleshooting skills on IMS administration.• Usage of IMS utilities (including IBM, BMC)• Working Knowledge of RACF as it relates to IMS.• Working Knowledge of IMS exit points and routines• z/OS - TSO, ISPF, JCL• Tools - FileManager, ADBUS• Basic knowledge on VSAM,CICS, IMS DCDB2 DBA on Mainframe(Z/OS):• DB Objects - Experience in creating and modifying DB2 objects - Database, Storage Group, Tablespace, Tables, Views, Indexes, etc.• Experience with DB2 commands: - Stop/Start Databases, Display command, Cancel thread and Term & Display utility, others.• Hands on experience on DB2 utilities: Reorg and Runstat, Backup and Recovery of Table spaces (copy & recover), Repair, Load/Unload utilities.• Ability to bind/rebind the Plans/Packages and Granting required accesses to • Packages/Plans/Collections.• Experience in Database Monitoring.• Experience in Database replication - IBM DB2 Data Propagator• DB2 administration - Strong Troubleshooting skills• DB2 privileges and RACF• z/OS - TSO, ISPF, JCL.• Tools - DB2 Admin tool, QMF, FileManager, Changeman, ESP.Candidate should have:• Good communication skills• Provide 24X7 on call support on rotational basis.
Why you will love this job:• You will have the opportunity to work in a growing organization, with ever growing opportunities for personal growth and one of the highest scores of employee engagement in Amdocs.• You will be able to use your specific insights into variety of projects to overcome technical challenge while continuing to deepen your area of knowledge.• You will have the opportunity to work in multinational environment for the global market leader in its field.
Amdocs is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce